Atragon (1963) is a Toho Classic I recently watched on a random streaming site. The storyline follows an underwater civilization and their dragon who have decided it's time to take over the world. The Japanese breakout a futuristic submarine like the world has never seen to hit them head on.
This movie is directed by Ishirô Honda (Godzilla, 1954) and stars Tadao Takashima (King Kong vs Godzilla), Kenji Sahara (Godzilla, 1954), Hiroshi Koizumi (Mothra), Jun Tazaki (Ran), Akihiko Hirata (Godzilla, 1954) and Hisaya Itô (Destroy All Monsters).
The storyline for this is fairly straightforward and the opening creature emerging from the ocean sets the tone for the movie. The opening fight scene on the beach and underwater civilization revealing themselves is pretty good. The civilization models and submarines are very well done and entertaining. The release of the special submarine and the underwater action scenes using it are awesome. The dragon is just okay but his laser abilities were fun. The storyline conclusion was pretty good and worth watching the plot unfold.
This is far from Honda's best film but is still worth a viewing. I would score this a 6-6.5/10 and recommend seeing it once.
This movie is directed by Ishirô Honda (Godzilla, 1954) and stars Tadao Takashima (King Kong vs Godzilla), Kenji Sahara (Godzilla, 1954), Hiroshi Koizumi (Mothra), Jun Tazaki (Ran), Akihiko Hirata (Godzilla, 1954) and Hisaya Itô (Destroy All Monsters).
The storyline for this is fairly straightforward and the opening creature emerging from the ocean sets the tone for the movie. The opening fight scene on the beach and underwater civilization revealing themselves is pretty good. The civilization models and submarines are very well done and entertaining. The release of the special submarine and the underwater action scenes using it are awesome. The dragon is just okay but his laser abilities were fun. The storyline conclusion was pretty good and worth watching the plot unfold.
This is far from Honda's best film but is still worth a viewing. I would score this a 6-6.5/10 and recommend seeing it once.